Stampendous & Decoart

Stampendous-DecoArt bloghop day five

 The excitement continues as conclude our grand tour of amazing artists playing with Stampendous, DecoArt, and Princeton Artist Brushes via inspired by Willow Wolfe products! The inspiration has been amazing, and today you'll be even more astonished! If you missed the beginning of our journey, be sure to go back and check it out!
MONDAY - TUESDAY - WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY 

For the final day of hopping around the world I decided to play with the new DecoArt 

Antiquing Creams and a lot of Stampendous embossing powders, tinsel and mica flakes. 

I altered a cardboard box using DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics and Black Antiquing cream.

Embossed cardstock to create the texture....

A lot of embossing powders, mica flakes and tinsel on the petals

Antiquing Cream on the flowers to add to the distressed look.

And of course... I use the box for storing my embossing powders.

I covered the cardboard box with cardstock embossed in an embossing folder.

First I primed the embossed cardstock with Matte Medium and then painted

it with Media Fluid Acrylic Metallic Gold. 

I applied some Stampendous embossing powder Aged Gold to the edge of the lid.

I covered the whole thing with black Antiquing Cream and let it dry. Then I used a

damp cloth to wipe the Antiquing Cream back. The Antiquing creams dries but it

doesn't cure so you have unlimited working time and if you don't like the result...

just wipe it all off and start over and when you get the result you want seal with a

Media Varnish. I sealed it with DecoArt Media Satin Varnish.

The flowers gave me the perfect opportunity to experiment with a lot of embossing 

powders, mica flakes and tinsels....and I did!! A lot of different powders on the petals.

A brad in the middle to hold them together.

For a chance to win some great prizes, Simply hop to each blog and leave a comment! 

Your comments on the blogs are your entry into the drawing! Stampendous will randomly choose three blog posts from all the designer posts this week and then choose a winner from each to receive a prize package. BUT there are few bonus goodies for some lucky people who SHARE our Facebook posts and Pinterest Pins! Stampendous will send three prize packages to commenters with a U.S. Mailing Address, DecoArt will send three Sample Packs to international commenters so they can play, too!! 

Like Stampendous, DecoArt, Princeton Artist Brushes and inspired by Willow Wolfe on Facebook!  We've also got a Pinterest Board started! 

Ready for your trip around the world???  Let's get Hoppin!

Louise Crosbie (Scotland, UK)

Lea Kimmel (North Carolina, USA)

Claudia Neubacher (Vienna, Austria)

Asia King (Oxford, UK)

Iliane de Fockert (Elly) (Niedersachsen, Germany)

Suzanne Czosek (Illinois, USA)

Julia Stratford-Wright (near London, UK)

Kristine Reynolds (California, USA)

Angelica Stark (Hudiksvall, Sweden)

Mark Gould (West Sussex, UK)

Debbie Cole (California, USA)

Jamie Martin (Oklahoma, USA)

Tobi Crawford (BC, Canada)

Wendy Price (New Jersey, USA)

Jessa Plant (Arizona, USA)

A few of the bloggers this week are new to hopping, so if you have an issue with any of the links, here's a little tip! If you get a page that says "Sorry that Page is not here" or something similar, try clicking on the header of the blog, or look for something that says Home. The hop page should be near the top of the day's posts. We will fix broken links as the day goes on, as well, so check back here if you are really lost.

The Official Rules.

Stampendous & Decoart Art Journal

This week the DecoArt International design team is joining the Stampendous blog hop along with Princeton Brushes, and Inspired by Willow Wolfe. Artists from around the world are joining together to show you what you can do with stamps and acrylic paint! Of course, there are prizes! DecoArt is sending three sets of their Media Fluid Acrylics, Princeton Artist Brushes, through Willow Wolfe, is sending a Select 3750 Brush Set and a Catalyst Wedge, and Stampendous be adding a Stampendous Creative Palette

And here is what I created with stamps and embossing powders from Stampendous

and acrylic paint from DecoArts new Media Line

I altered the cover of an art journal. Lots of stamping, embossing and acrylic paint.

Chipboard letters painted with Fluid Acrylics, stamped with VersaFine using the

same stamp as on the background. Gloss Varnish on top.

I covered the spine with embossing powder, shabby blue.

I used a lot of different Stampendous stamps from the n*studio Mixed Media Line all 

designed by Nathalie Kalbach

The back....the metal corners also got a makeover using the Shabby

Blue embossing powder from Stampendous.

And here's how I created the background:

I started by adding  acrylic paint to a sheet of cardstock using a brayer...

I used four different colors from the the new Media Line from Decoart, allowing each 

coat to dry before applying the next. Then I stamped different texture stamps randomly

all over the page using VersaMark and embossed them with clear embossing powder.

I covered the whole page with black acrylic paint and let it set for a minute, then I used a 

baby wipe to wipe off the paint from the stamped and embossed patterns.

Don't wait to long, if you do you will have a hard time getting the paint off.

Then some more stamping and embossing...

This time i covered the whole thing in white paint, and rubbed the paint off once again 

before it cured. Finally i applied two coats of DecoArt Gloss Varnish.

FINISHED!!

For a chance to win some great prizes and get a lot of inspiration on how to use stamps, embossing powders and acrylic paint together...Let's get Hoppin!

Louise Crosbie (Scotland, UK)

Iliane de Fockert (Elly) (Niedersachsen, Germany)

Julia Stratford-Wright (near London, UK)

Julie Robertson (UK)

Leadonna Kimmel (North Carolina, USA)

Angelica Stark (Hudiksvall, Sweden)

Debbie Cole (California, USA)

For a chance to win, Simply hop to each blog and leave a comment! 

Your comments on the blogs are your entry into the drawing! Stampendous will randomly choose three blog posts from all the designer posts this week and then choose a winner from each to receive a prize package. BUT there are few bonus goodies for some lucky people who SHARE our Facebook posts and Pinterest Pins! Stampendous will send three prize packages to commenters with a U.S. Mailing Address, DecoArt will send three Sample Packs to international commenters so they can play, too!! 

Like Stampendous, DecoArt, Princeton Artist Brushes and inspired by Willow Wolfe on Facebook!  We've also got a Pinterest Board started! 

Ready for your trip around the world???  Let's get Hoppin!

Also up for grabs exclusively on the Decoart International Design Team Blog posts 

is a chance to win this one off piece of artwork from Andy Skinner who will choose one winner from the comments on our blog post on Thursday and will announce the winner on his Facebook page on Friday Facebook page link is:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Andy-Skinner/191986214169432?ref=hl.

A few of the bloggers this week are new to hopping, so if you have an issue with any of the links, here's a little tip! If you get a page that says "Sorry that Page is not here" or something similar, try clicking on the header of the blog, or look for something that says Home. The hop page should be near the top of the day's posts. We will fix broken links as the day goes on, as well, so check back here if you are really lost. The Official Rules are here.

A gift box for a baby girl...

I needed a gift box for a gift for little baby girl Alva, a perfect opportunity to 

give the new colors from Decoarts New Media Line a try. I made a blue box 

for a baby girl.

Jag behövde en presentask till en present åt lilla Alva, ett perfekt tillfälle att

testa de nya färgerna ur Decoarts nya Media Line. Det blev visst en blå ask

till en liten tjej.

A gift box 25x25 cm. The lid covered with Decoarts Textured Sand Paste through

a stencil from Memory Box.

En presentbox, 25x25 cm. Locket täckt med Texture Sand Paste från Decoart.

Stencil från Memory Box.

 A white satin ribbon on the edge of the lid.

En smalt sidenband runt kanten av locket.

I do love the texture the Sand Paste from the new Media Line from 

Decoarts gives.

Jag gillar verkligen effekten man får med Texture Sand Paste från Decoarts

nya Media Line. 

I glued a lot of flowers, beads and metal decorations to the lid, primed the whole thing

with Gesso and then sprayed it with a mix of the new Fluid Acrylics (Cobalt Teal) from 

Decoart and water. Dry brushed it all with with Titanium White.

Limmade en hel massa blommor, pärlband och metalldekorationer med limpistol på

locket av asken. Grundade allt med vit Gesso. Blandade Fluid Acrylics (Cobalt Teal) och 

vatten i en sprayflaska och gav allt en rejäl dusch. Torrborstade allt med Titanium

White.

Letters cut in chipboard with a die from Sizzix/Holtz covered with embossing

powder from Stampendous.

Bokstäverna utskurna ur chipboard med en die från Sizzix/Holtz täckta med 

embossingpulver från Stampendous.

Some rhinestones to finish it off...

Happy Birthday Stig!!!

När en vän fyller år och man är bjuden på fest är det kanske ett bra läge att 

ta med sig ett kort?! I det här fallet blev det ett rejält tungt kort med metallkänsla.

I made a birthday card for a friend.....a heavy ("metal") card.

"Kortet" är 21x21 med en stomme av 18mm MDF board, med massor av akrylfärg.

21x21 cm. Base of 18 mm MDF board, a lot of acrylic paint.

Bokstäver av chipboard utskurna med en die från Sizzix/Holtz (Block Talk Alphabet) 

täckta med svart UTEE och några olika färger av Decoart Metallic lustre.

Chipboard letters cut with a die from Sizzix/Holtz (Block Talk Alphabet) covered with

black UTEE and some Decoart Metallic lustre.

Tagen skvallrar om att Stig är född 1964.....alutape på chipboard.

Stig is born in 1964....now you know it's his 50th birthday... tag in chipboard covered

with aluminium tape.

Embossad cardstock målad med DecoArt Traditions Raw Umber, Carbon Black, 

Transparent Red Iron Oxide and Quinacridone Gold. Embossingfoldern från

Embossalicious.

Embossed cardstock (an 8x8 embossing folder from Embossalicious) painted with 

DecoArt Traditions Raw Umber, color washes in Carbon Black, Transparent Red 

Iron Oxide and Quinacridone Gold.

Ett piano gångjärn håller ihop sidorna. DecoArt texture Fierro Red Iron Oxide på kanterna,

dessutom lite svart akrylfärg för att ge en smutsig look.

A piano hinge.....DecoArt texture Fierro Red Iron Oxide on the edges,

and a lot of black color washes.

En liten grattis hälsning utskriven på vanlig kopieringspapper inuti.

A personal greeting on the inside printed on plain copy paper.

Alla sidor har klätts med cardstock embossad i en av mina favoritfoldrar från Sizzix/Holtz

och sedan målats med DecoArt Dazzling metallics Glorious Gold, DecoArt Traditions 

Carbon Black, Transparent Red Iron Oxide och Quinacridone Gold.

All "pages" of the card covered with cardstock embossed in one of my favorite embossing 

folders from Sizzix/Holtz. Painted with DecoArt Dazzling metallics Glorious

Gold, color washes in Carbon Black, Transparent Red Iron Oxide and Quinacridone Gold.

Nothing fancy on the back...just cardstock and acrylic paint.....

Typography Album

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure to attend a class with Frank Garcia. We made a 

minialbum with Primas La Mer Collection filled with beautiful flowers and seashells. 

I met a lot of new friends, learned a lot and had a great time. I discovered that I 

really like making albums...but i hardly ever use photos in my work...so I 

decided to make an album without photos!!! Thank you Frank for the inspiration!!

First some photos of a few of the pages....you will find a Youtube at the

end of the post if you want to see more.....

För några veckor sedan åkte jag och en vän till Övik på en kurs med Frank Garcia.

Vi gjorde ett album med Primas La Mer kollektion fyllt med snäckskal och massvis med

underbara blommor som dekoration. Jag träffade ett gäng med nya vänner och lärde mej massor. Jag upptäckte hur kul det var att göra album...men jag använder nästan

aldrig foton... Men det går ju så klart att göra album utan foton!!

Stort tack till Frank Garcia för en fantastisk kväll och för all inspiration!! 

Först några bilder av mitt album...det finns en Youtube video på slutet av inlägget om ni vill se mer...

A 6x6 album, 8 pages... 

Papers and most of the decorations from Graphic45 (Typography collection.)

Of course i managed to sneak in a few vintage trinkets from my flea market findings. 

Albumet är ca 15x15 cm och innehåller 8 sidor...

Alla papper och de flesta dekorationerna kommer från Graphic 45 (Typography serien)

Jag lyckades så klart smyga in en del loppisfynd också :)

Pages made of old packaging the edges painted with black acrylic paint.

Sidorna är gjorda av en gammal kartong, kanterna målade med svart akrylfärg.

The spine made of accordion folded cardstock covered in canvas...

There will be a tutorial on the binding coming up in the near future!!

Bindningen är av cardstock som "dragspelsvikts" och klätts med canvas

Det kommer en tutorial på bindningen i den närmaste framtiden!!

A leather strap to hold the album together

En läderrem håller ihop albumet

A Tim Holtz Hitch Fastener as a "locking device"..

En Hitch Fastener från Tim Holts som låsanordning

A small picture frame on the left...lots of pockets to put tags in...,

En liten fotoram till vänster...massor med fickor att stooppa tags i...

A vintage typewriter key in the center of the flower.

En tangent från en gammal skrivmaskin i mitten av blomman.

Lots of G45 chipboard decorations 

Massor med dekorationer i chipboard från G45 som dekoration.

Old discarded light bulbs (thank you mom)

Gamla trasiga glödlampor (tack Mamma)

Lots of tags and signs with great quotes in the Typography collection,

 perfect if you (like me) want to avoid using photos LOL

Det finns massor med tags och skyltar med citat i Graphic 45 Typography

serie, perfekt om man vill undvika foton :)

I do love those vintage typewriter keys....

Jag gillar verkligen gamla skrivmaskinstangenter :)

Another favorite of mine is old coins...

En annan av mina favoriter är gamla mynt...

Metal decorations as leaves

Metall dekorationer som löv

Black organza ribbons on the tags

Svart organza band på tagsen

Coordinating chipboard tags from the same G45 collection...

Matchande chipboard dekorationer från samma G45 serie...

If you want to see more, here is a Youtube...